UPC 9780252093401 Mike Leigh

ISBN 9780252093401 - Mike Leigh

ISBN 9780252093401

Mike Leigh

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Product Name: Mike Leigh

ISBN 9780252093401

Description : In this much needed examination of Mike Leigh, Sean O'Sullivan reclaims the British director as a practicing theorist-a filmmaker deeply invested in cinema's formal, conceptual, and narrative dimensions. In contrast with Leigh's prevailing reputation as a straightforward crafter of social realist movies, O'Sullivan illuminates the visual tropes and storytelling investigations that position Leigh as an experimental filmmaker who uses the art and artifice of cinema to frame tales of the everyday and the extraordinary alike. x000B x000B Concentrating on the most recent two decades of Leigh's career, the study examines how Naked, Secrets and Lies, Topsy-Turvy, Vera Drake, and other less-discusse